{"id":218041,"date":"2020-02-07T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T16:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=218041"},"modified":"2020-02-06T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:27:08","slug":"billboard-target-string-vandalism-pro-lifers-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/billboard-target-string-vandalism-pro-lifers-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard is latest target in string of vandalism against pro-lifers in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Vandalism against pro-life ads in South Bend, Indiana, seems to be ramping up. Right to Life Michiana reports that one of its billboards, located on Mishawaka Avenue and Logan Street in South Bend, was spray painted this week. The billboard was intended to draw attention to the injustice of abortion near the anniversary of the <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>decision that legalized elective abortion in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>The billboard as originally posted reads, \u201cAlive. Human. Unprotected.\u201d It includes a web address for further information about <em>Roe v. Wade. <\/em>According to Pro-Life Michiana, the billboard \u201cwas vandalized with two different tags; one was anti-police acronym \u2018ACAB\u2019 and the other was anti-life message \u2018Kill 200.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fprolifemichiana%2Fposts%2F10156454474225793&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the third time in five months that outdoor advertising by Pro-Life Michiana has been vandalized. In September 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-pro-life-benches-vandalized-pete-buttigieg\/\">four advertisements on benches<\/a> with information about abortion pill reversal and resources for mothers experiencing unplanned pregnancies were vandalized. Again, in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-ads-vandalized-second-indiana\/\">benches advertising options for mothers were vandalized<\/a>. The advertising company filed police reports for the incidents, but so far no progress has been made in finding the vandals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-ads-vandalized-second-indiana\/\">Pro-life ads vandalized a second time in South Bend, Indiana<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jackie Appleman, the executive director of Right to Life Michiana, said in a statement, \u201cThis is concerning. The vandalism is escalating from simply hiding helpful resources to promoting violence. Unfortunately, this isn\u2019t surprising because the abortion movement is intolerant to other views and promotes violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Life Michiana outreach manager Melanie Garcia said the organization will not be deterred in seeking future advertising opportunities. She said, \u201cNothing the abortion movement does is going to stop us. Nothing\u2019s going to stop us from being out there and educating the public on the value of life and\u00a0violence of abortion.\u201d Garcia previously <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-ads-vandalized-second-indiana\/\">noted<\/a> that local abortion groups have not condemned the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>Recent years have seen increased tensions between pro-life and abortion organizations in South Bend. Former South Bend mayor and current Democratic presidential primary candidate Pete Buttigieg allowed the Whole Woman\u2019s Health abortion facility to continue operating in South Bend despite the fact that it <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pete-buttigieg-opposed-pregnancy-center-unlicensed-abortion\/\">remains unlicensed<\/a>, and also\u00a0voiced <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pete-buttigieg-opposed-pregnancy-center-unlicensed-abortion\/\">public opposition<\/a> to a proposed pro-life pregnancy center opening near the abortion facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vandalism against pro-life ads in South Bend, Indiana, seems to be ramping up. Right to Life Michiana reports that one of its billboards, located on Mishawaka Avenue and Logan Street in South Bend, was spray painted this week. The billboard was intended to draw attention to the injustice of abortion near the anniversary of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":218060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[8,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Billboard is latest target in string of vandalism against pro-lifers in Indiana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is the third time in five months that outdoor advertising by Pro-Life Michiana has been vandalized. 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